gecko vo: that's why geico is consistently rated excellent or better in terms of financial strength. gecko vo: second rule: "don't steal a coworker's egg salad, 'specially if it's marked "the gecko." come on people. >>> it is a market that won't go down. welcome to "fast money," live at the nasdaq market site. i'm melissa lee and these are your "fast money" traders. the s&p 500 holds the 1,000 level, inching higher today. these guys will give you the best way to play. and later, rick santelli, aka, the big sur, reveals what may ruin this rally, plus, behind the high-frequency trade. first, the "word to the street." let's talk about that 1,000 level. it is a good sign, i would imagine that we held onto that level. >> huge level. you have to look at this in a couple different ways. the hedge funds tried to push and break this market's back and couldn't do it. mutual funds forced a buyout on the that level. >> this morning i came in, hedge funds kept telling me, i think the market's going to crack today. i didn't think so, mutuals didn't think so. it didn't. >> we were talking about thi